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Color: a course in mastering the art of mixing colors

This guide distills the enormous existing knowledge about color theory into a practical method of working with color to produce harmonious combinations. Using techniques tested and honed in her five-day intensive color workshops, Edwards provides a basic understanding of how to see color, how to use it, and - for those involved in art, painting, or design - how to mix and combine hues. Including more than 125 color images and exercises that move from simple to challenging, this volume explains how to - see what is really there rather than what you 'know' in your mind about colored objects; perceive how light affects color, and how colors affect one another; manipulate hue, value, and intensity of color and transform colors into their opposites; balance color in still-life, landscape, figure, and portrait painting; understand the psychology of color; and harmonize color in your surroundings.

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Page 28ber of pure pigments we work with is usually about eight to ten — the three
primary and three secondary hues of the color wheel, plus black and white and
perhaps two or three additional basic colors. Confronted with colors such as an
overcast sky or a peach-colored rose, the artist has no corresponding pigments to
match those hues. To achieve these colors, the artist must mix them, using the attributes of a color as a three-part description in order to unlock the "recipe" for
mixing that ...

Page 31Then, she compares the intensity level to an imaginary 1- to 7-level scale from
the brightest to the dullest level for that particular color wheel hue, red-orange,
and she is then able to decide that the wall color is of medium intensity (about
level 3). Now the artist can name the perceived color by citing its three attributes:
"the hue You will encounter many variations in color terminology, a problem that
contributes to the complication of color. The following list includes the most
frequent ...

Page 90... that these receptors then restore visual balance by producing the
complementary after-image. Today, after-images are regarded as short-lived
visual sensations, the cause of which is still not fully understood. Having said that
, however, it seems inescapable that this strange mechanism of the human visual
system may be linked to our aesthetic sense of harmonious and satisfying color
arrangements. After-images and the Attributes of Color An after-image is always
the complement of ...

LibraryThing Review

User Review - jmorreau - LibraryThing

A follow up to Edwards ' must -read book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain." Edwards continues her theme of first draw, then learn color, and finally, paint. In her previous book Edwards details ...Read full review

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User Review - lizreview - Overstock.com

This book is a definite mustread for any artists who use paintbrushes and paint! She gives historical musings on color and the nature of color and how we perceive color that is invaluable for artists ...Read full review

About the author (2004)

Dr. Betty Edwards is Professor of Art at California State University, Long Beach. Her original contributions to the art of drawing and creativity have reached far beyond the college classroom where she has taught for many years. Her work has been praised by a wide range of distinguished psychologists and educators, and she has conducted creativity seminars and workshops for leading businesses including IBM and General Electric.